robbery

According to a report, her name is Lou Ann Gedmint of South China and she allegedly walked out of the Elm Plaza Hannaford in Waterville the other night with $200 worth of groceries and refused to submit to police requests to stop as she went to her car. She drove off and was, eventually, tracked to her residence...

Last night (Oct. 25) around 8:45 p.m., Brunswick Police and the Sagadahoc Sheriff’s K-9 Unit responded to the Big Apple on Pleasant St., Brunswick, for a report of an armed robbery.

The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office has released security footage of the robbery at the Circle K convenience store on Main Ave., Farmingdale Sunday night, Jan. 27th. The woman entered the store just before 7:30pm and after first blending in with other customers, confronted the cashier with a pistol. She left with an undisclosed amount of money and headed north on foot.

There's been yet another pharmacy robbery in Augusta. Augusta Police say the CVS Pharmacy on Stone Street was robbed Tuesday (Jan. 22) around 4pm.

Hey this was MY idea... GPS chips in certain drug bottles. Well, the New York Police Department wants pharmacies in and around NYC to fight prescription drug thefts by stocking pill bottles fitted with GPS tracking chips. With so many pharmacy robberies in Maine last year, we can see where this is a good idea.

There was another pharmacy robbery Maine. This time in Sanford. However, there was a quick end to the story. The police got the guy about ten minutes after it happened.

According to 22-year-old Zachariah Dalton Howard's account, he was just walking to the store when he thought to himself, "I think I'll rob the place."

Rite-Aid in Bangor is going to be adding security guards to try and stop the wave of pharmacy robberies happening.  While Augusta is the community with the most pharmacies for the year (so far), 4 of the 54 pharmacy robberies in Maine this year have been at the same Bangor Rite Aid.

Well, the number of pharmacy robberies in now at 53 for the Pine Tree State. The CVS pharmacy on Capital Street in Augusta was robbed of drugs for the second time this month and for the third time this year. It’s the second time in three days an Augusta drug store had been hit.

Yet another drug store robbery in Augusta. Around 11:00 am Saturday, Nov. 17 a man with a painted face walked into the 'CVS Pharmacy' on Capitol Street and robbed the store of painkillers.

A guy showed up at Rite Aid on Bangor Street in Augusta yesterday and demanded prescription medication, which he got.  He then bolted into the bathroom where he barricaded himself from police claiming to have an explosive device and would blow the place up....